Display device of an electronic language interpreter

Abstract

An electronic language interpreter is characterized by having a display device for displaying second words represented in a second language equivalent to a first word in a first language. When the data length of the second words exceeds the capacity of digits contained within the display device, the second words are displayed with shifting or running of the overall data on the display device. Separating means are associated with the display device for separating the second words in response to the presence of a particular mark such as a comma, a part of speech etc. The particular mark is allotted in a certain portion between the second words.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic dictionary and language interpreter device wherein a first word represented in a first language is entered to obtain a second word or words represented in a second language equivalent to the first word, comprising: input means for entering the first word;   memory means for storing a plurality of words of the second language inclusive of the second word or words and at least a mark for separating said second words or groups of said second words;   access means responsive to entry of the first word by said input means for addressing said memory means for retrieving the second word or words;   display means comprising means for displaying a predetermined number of characters and responsive to said access means for displaying the second word or words;   means associated with said display means for shifting the second word or words displayed thereon when the data length of the second word or words exceeds said predetermined number of characters;   means for detecting that said mark is displayed in a selected portion within the display means; and   means responsive to said detecting means for replacing all characters indicated on said display with a new display of up to said predetermined number of characters.   
     
     
       2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising timer means associated with said shifting means and said replacing means for determining the length of time during which the display means exhibits particular data prior to shifting or replacing the data. 
     
     
       3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said replacing means comprises display switching means responsive to detection of the mark for switching the display of one of the second words to a display of another of the second words. 
     
     
       4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said selected portion within the display means is the position for displaying the last character thereon. 
     
     
       5. An electronic dictionary and language interpreter device wherein a first word represented in a first language is entered to obtain second words represented in a second language equivalent to the first word, comprising: input means for entering the first word;   memory words for storing the second words and indicators of parts of speech with respect to at least one of the second words;   access means responsive to entry of the first word by said input means for addressing the memory means and for retrieving the second words and indicators of parts of speech;   detection means responsive to predetermined data in said memory means which separates the second words according to their respective different parts of speech; and   display means responsive to detection of the predetermined data for displaying the second words in groups according to their parts of speech.   
     
     
       6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said display means comprises means for displaying data comprising a predetermined number of characters and means associated with said display means for shifting the displayed data when the data length of the second words and of the indicator of parts of speech exceeds the capacity of the display means, wherein the second words and the indicator of parts of speech are displayed on the display means for a given length of time prior to shifting. 
     
     
       7. The device according to claim 6, further comprising stopping means connected to the display means for stopping the shifting operation of the display means. 
     
     
       8. The device according to claim 6, further comprising repeating means connected to the display means for repeating the shifting operation by the display means, whereby at least one of the second words can be displayed more than once.